At Ganina Yama [Seven variations on Russian Orthodox plainsong]

Instrumentation

Violin and Piano.

Other Information

The music is a seven part suite that uses variations on Russian Orthodox plainsong to represent seven simple chapels set in a forest to the north west of Yekaterinburg in Siberia, Russia. Each chapel is dedicated to a member of the murdered Romanov family whose head was Tsar Nicholas 11. Each of the seven family members have been canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church.